Being depressed

Upward_Bound · Dec 31, 2015

Everyday I wake up just feels like a waiting game.

I'm an adult but feel like I'm still waiting for m y relationship situation to work out, and to get an adult job.

And when I start nursing school, its daytime, so what decent part time job can i get? I feel like I'll be an adult with a BA, but working part time at the mall on nights and weekends (which is what I did when I was a teen)

SassyTachyRN · Dec 31, 2015

The time will fly by, trust me.

Try getting a job as a tech (patient assistant or patient care associate, diff places call them diff things) in a hospital. They love to hire nursing students and are flexible to your school schedule. It gets your foot in the door when it comes time to get a job after nursing school. Many floors will hire their techs upon successful completion of school/NCLEX.

ThePrincessBride, MSN, RN, NP · Dec 31, 2015

I second Sassy Tachy.

I know the feeling of being "stuck" and wanting just to get started in my career/life, etc. While two years may seem like a long time, it is better for two years to go by and to have the degree that you want rather than still be at the same place a couple years from now. Regardless, time keeps ticking.

I would strongly encourage you to get a nursing assistant job. It is a great way to network and it will help you build your confidence and make you feel as though you are moving forward. Plus, it will look good on the resume! :)

calivianya, BSN, RN · Dec 31, 2015

Good luck with getting a NA job. Previous posters are right that it looks good, but in reality, I put over 80 applications in for various positions at the local hospitals and got no hits at all until I was done with my junior year of nursing school. Nobody was interested in the random person with no healthcare experience.

While I was in school, I worked at a movie theater, a hotel, and a dry cleaner.

Been there,done that, ASN, RN · Dec 31, 2015

Is not the option to restart a good thing?

Life is a dance you learn as you go. IF you are accepted.

elkpark · Dec 31, 2015

So, I take it you decided against medical school after all?

AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P · Dec 31, 2015

Just finished my RN-BSN and the time went by pretty fast! You will be doing it, so you won't have time to even think about it being two years!

Annie

SmilingBluEyes · Dec 31, 2015

The time will pass whether you complete school and become a nurse, or not. Just do the next good/right thing day by day and before you know it, you will be there. It will work out.

Upward_Bound · Dec 31, 2015

So, I take it you decided against medical school after all?

Hey ElkPark,

I'm going to take the prereqs while I'm in nursing school.

It's really the chem1, chem2, orgo and calc based physics that's holding me back at the time. So the prereq's would take me a year and half, and nursing school would take 2.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Dec 31, 2015

So I'm about to get done with my application and I'm starting to get really depressed.
2 years seems like such a long time!!!
BTW I already have a BA And it took me forever to get.
I just feel like life keeps hitting the restart button on me

We wish you the best of luck.

windsurfer8, BSN, RN · Jan 1, 2016

"life" is not hitting a restart button on you. You have an opportunity...you either do it or you do not. Makes no difference to anyone but you. Were you expecting nursing school to be shorter for you than for everyone else? It is what it is. You either do it or you don't. You seem to "want" a lot of things, but wanting and doing are two separate items. Step 1. Stop whining about how bad your life is and how "life" is so bad to you. I have cared for 18 year old blown up soldiers with no legs who NEVER complain. No one is going to hand you anything. You want to be a nurse? Talk less..do more. The instant gratification of society is mind boggling to me. I don't care what you do just stop whining.